Daily Zen Quote - May 31, 2018

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is peace.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daily Zen Quote - May 30, 2018

Just because something isn't happening for you right now doesn't mean that it will never happen.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 29, 2018

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.
~ John Ruskin

Daily Zen Quote - May 28, 2018

Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?
~ Lao Tzu

Daily Zen Quote - May 27, 2018

Woman: "I want happiness"
Buddha: "First remove 'I' - that's ego. Then remove 'want' - that's desire. See - now you are left only with 'happiness.'

Daily Zen Quote - May 26, 2018

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
~ Buddha

Daily Zen Quote - May 25, 2018

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
~ Mahatma Gandhi

Daily Zen Quote - May 24, 2018

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.
~ Dalai Lama

Daily Zen Quote - May 23, 2018

Peace begins when the expectation ends.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 22, 2018

Your peace is more important than driving yourself crazy trying to understand why something happened the way it did. Let it go.
~Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 21, 2018

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.
~ Dalai Lama

Daily Zen Quote - May 20, 2018

Speak only endearing speech: speech that is welcomed. Speech, when it brings no evil to others, is a pleasant thing.
~ Buddha

Daily Zen Quote - May 19, 2018

I release all things from the past year that has caused any negative attachment. I prepare and welcome new changes, new lessons and new adventures. I welcome new opportunities to grow emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
~ Namaste The Buddha Way

Daily Zen Quote - May 18, 2018

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 17, 2018

Be like the Lotus:
Trust in the light;
grow through the dirt;
believe in new beginnings.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 16, 2018

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
~ Buddha

Daily Zen Quote - May 15, 2018

Relearn everything.
Let every moment be a new beginning.
~ Zen Proverb

Daily Zen Quote - May 14, 2018

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.
~ Dave Weinbaum

Daily Zen Quote - May 13, 2018

The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break a heart. So be careful with your words.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 12, 2018

People change for two reasons: either their minds have been opened or their hearts have been broken.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 11, 2018

Money is the worst discovery of human life. But it is the most trusted material to test human nature.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 10, 2018

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do not act on upon them?
~ Buddha

Daily Zen Quote - May 9, 2018

When all discrimination is abandoned,
when contact with is broken,
the mind is brighter than the sun and moon together,
cleaner than frost and snow.
~ Unknown

Daily Zen Quote - May 8, 2018

Fairy tales are more than true;
not because they tell us that dragons exist,
but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
~ Neil Gaimon

Daily Zen Quote - May 7, 2018

Be like a tree, let the dead trees drop.
~ Rumi

Daily Zen Quote - May 6, 2018

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.
~ Dogen

Daily Zen Quote - May 5, 2018

Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate - the idea of training merely to be fashionable.
~ Mas Oyama

Daily Zen Quote - May 4, 2018

In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.
~ Gichin Funakoshi

Daily Zen Quote - May 3, 2018

Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A serious student is much concerned with training his mind and disciplining his spirit than with developing martial skills.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa

Daily Zen Quote - May 2, 2018

There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing to do with seeking enlightenment. You see, that is the only way to achieve enlightenment; by not focusing on achieving it. Then, one day it will just come to you.
~ Masaaki Hatsumi

Daily Zen Quote - May 1, 2018

The secret of health for both mind and body is to not mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
~ Buddha